The story is a psychological exploration of how a child’s mind copes with unmet emotional needs.
The ballerina’s dance represents the gradual surrender to imagination a space where she can create what she lacks in reality. At first, it’s comforting, but as she falls deeper, the fantasy becomes uncontrollable. The older version of herself isn’t just a vision; it’s a manifestation of everything she longs for, every unanswered question, every suppressed emotion. But the more she reaches for it, the more distant it becomes, exposing the painful truth she’s built a world to survive, yet it’s one that may never truly acknowledge her. The struggle isn’t just with the apparition it’s with herself, torn between clinging to the illusion or facing the emptiness she’s been avoiding.